Agarista populifolia
Object Details
- Description
- This evergreen shrub prefers moist, shady environments, and can be used to stabilize stream banks. It is a favorite of wildlife.
- Hardiness
- 0 - 30 F
- Attracts
- Bees, birds, butterflies
- Bloom Time
- April to May
- Provenance
- Uncertain
- Range
- SE USA
- Habitat
- Swamps, moist forests; 0-165ft(0-50m)
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Ripley Gardens
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2023-0010A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Fetterbush
- Florida Doghobble
- Florida leucothoe
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Agarista
- Species
- populifolia
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- Racemes of white, bell-shaped flowers
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, alternate, leathery, green leaves are shiny with serrate margines. Leaves are 1-3" (2.5-7.6 cm) long.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Plant Size
- 8-12' tall x 6-8' wide (2.4-3.7 x 1.8-.4 meters)
- Structure
- Erect, arching
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2023-0010A